"Lina, what is the crime of destroying an icon in most church doctrines?" asked Pannis, "will it be serious?"

"Icons are indestructible to ordinary people. Lina said, "Unless you use the power of a more powerful god, no mortal can damage the icon in the slightest." ”

"And what if I knock it down?" Pannis asked, "It wasn't destroyed, it was just deliberately pushed down." ”

"You mean this icon? Lina walked over to Pannis, and said as she went, "If it is more serious, it can be regarded as blasphemy, and it is not even protected by the laws of various places." However, it is generally not characterized in this way, and most of them are just ...... Huh? What's going on? ”

The white jade carved icon fell sideways to the ground, breaking into three pieces, and it was no longer possible to determine the cause of the break. But these are not important, the important thing is that Lina found that under the position of the leg of the icon, there are two white bones, which are the tibia and fibula of the lower leg area, the two lower leg bones are incomplete, and the upper end should be connected to the knee, which has been neatly cut off, and the foot below and the shoes on the foot are completely missing, leaving only two lone leg bones, which are tightly pressed under the icon, and have been buried deep in the mud and sand, and cannot be extracted.

"It looks like someone wants to move the icon, or simply wants to tear it down. Pannis pulled out a knife and dug in the sand around the leg bone: "But, as if he was unlucky, the icon fell and hit his leg." Well, if you look at it this way, he shouldn't be trying to knock down the icon but just move it away, and if he can push something and hit his leg, then this person is stupid to a certain extent. ”

"This won't be the chief of the guard. Lina agrees with Pannis's speculation: "He doesn't even have a waist, and it's impossible for him to be smashed in the leg." In this case, it should be the archbishop who came back with him. However, according to our previous guesses, the people who can fight here under the pressure of the deep sea are also at least the legendary level, no, the legendary level can only barely hold on to death for a short time at the bottom of the sea, and if you want to fight normally, you may have to be a demigod. So could a demigod be crushed by a statue and have to cut off his leg in the end? ”

He may have been so badly injured that he didn't even have the strength to support his companions. Catherine also walked over and pointed to the half of the corpse behind her: "Of course, maybe he still has the strength but doesn't want to waste it on his mortal companion, but I don't think a normal person can do it anyway to watch his companion crawl on the ground, so I think it makes sense that he was crushed and couldn't pull out." But what prompted him to move the icon in this state?"

"Naturally, it verifies your previous suspicions. After digging out the two leg bones, Pannis began to dig where the icon might have been: "Apparently there are some things that can only be obtained by removing the icon. Indeed, underneath the icon is probably the safest place on the ship, and it's a good idea to hide the most important things here. ”

Several people gathered around the collapsed icon and began to dig together. Due to the direct destruction of the entire wall, half of the deck of this room was silted with a large amount of sediment, and it was indeed difficult to find any valuable clues from here. As everyone excavated, the deck of the area slowly emerged from under the mud and sand, but the five men expanded the excavation area several times in succession before finally finding the location of the original base of the icon. When Lina's small shovel plunged into the dirt for the last time, a series of bubbles emerged from the gap where the shovel had been inserted, and several people gathered around rolled backwards at the same time, avoiding the bubbles, watching vigilantly as they floated until the roof of the hatch shattered under the impact, and then returned to where the shovel had been inserted.

The bubbles bubbled out, and a shovel dug away the covered mud and sand, and soon found a dark compartment sixty or seventy centimeters long and wide under the base of the icon, and a metal box was placed in the dark compartment, the surface of which was shiny and not rusty at all.

"Hmm, this one looks like it's forged from magic steel. Pannis moved the crate out of the dark compartment, and the crate was unexpectedly heavy, making the deck creak even when it was underwater, when placed on the floor. Touching the surface of the box with his fingers, Pannis said, "But if it's forged from magic steel, it should be heavier than this." ”

"It shouldn't just be magic steel. Vivien recalled, "I remember that there was a way to preserve magical items, and I didn't have an exact name, but I used to call it a hundred-layer chest. It is said that it was developed to secretly preserve some magical items from being discovered by other mages. This kind of chest is very troublesome to make, simply put, a layer of magic steel and a layer of mythril are pressed into one, and then the inner and outer sides of each layer of mythril will be carved with a lot of magic circles that block the fluctuations of magical energy. The simplest 100-layer box has only 10 layers, the better the production process, the thinner each layer is forged, the more layers can be made, at most I have seen 80 layers, which is something that will only be used for storage artifacts. I look at the shape and workmanship of this box very much like a 100-layer box, but I don't know how many layers there are. ”

"Could it be here?" Lina asked, "and seeing how tightly guarded it is, it might still be there." ”

"It's very unlikely, otherwise there should be one more corpse here. Catherine shook her head and said, "Pennis, Vivian, you two can help open it and take a look, whether you are there or not, you must always make sure." ”

"Step back a bit. Vivien leaned in front of the box: "I'll check if there are any magic traps first." ”

The box is silvery-white, with no locks, and the lid is simply closed, making it look like it can be opened with a single push. But no one dares to take it lightly at this time, and it is normal to add a few traps to guard against such an important item. As an adventurer, no one would do something stupid at such a time, and if a few experienced high-level adventurers died during the adventure because they opened a box of unknown origin at will without being inspected, they would definitely be ridiculed for many years, and even used as a negative example to teach their juniors.

Vivien didn't use her hands, but used her puppet manipulation technique to directly manipulate two hair-thin Mithril probes, touching back and forth on various nodes around the chest, and sometimes reaching into the inside of the box along a gap in the chest. After circling the box like this for more than ten minutes, Vivien frowned and said: "Seven magic traps, but there is no correlation between the trap and the open state of the box, which means that the current trap is in an inactive state, come on behind Pennis." ”

"Well, it's my place. This time it was Pannis's turn to get on his stomach, and many unknown gadgets kept changing in his hands, taking turns touching the boxes and the gaps in the boxes. Pannis's movements were relatively fast, and in less than three minutes, the corners of his mouth twitched and said, "Why are these trap-setters always so insidious?"

"Found a trap?" Catherine asked, "Why do you suddenly feel like this, the trap is complicated?"

Pannis didn't speak, just shook his head, and suddenly opened the box with both hands. He didn't lift the lid of the box, but from a position close to the bottom of the box, revealing the space inside. Only then did the girls discover that in addition to the lid of the box, there was a tiny crack on the one-third height of the box, which was where the hundred-layer box was really opened, and the lid that looked decent before was just an illusion. Pannis sighed and said, "If you really open that fake lid, it will definitely trigger the trap, and it's hard to say what will happen." ”

"Good work. Catherine nodded, looking into the box. The inside of the box was made of Mithril, which also emitted a silver glow, and the space more than twenty centimeters deep was empty, and the empty box was like a big open mouth, laughing at everyone.

"Sure enough, it's gone. Lina waved the mace unhappily: "This is trouble, who knows where the archbishop's church will go with that thing." ”

"Don't rush to judgment just yet. Catherine said, "Something is wrong with this lid. ”

Indeed, as Catherine said, the lid was very wrong. The normal lid is a lid with a concave lid inside, but this lid is close to a flat plate, not only not concave inward, but a little convex outward, if you turn the lid up and down, it is more like a small box nested in the lid.

"This ...... Open it no problem. Catherine soon found a gap in the lid that looked like a hidden compartment that could be opened. After a moment's hesitation, Catherine asked, "Will the trap be triggered?"

"Magic traps don't trigger. Vivien shook her head and said, "I've double-checked just now, and there are only seven unrelated traps in it, and you won't trigger them even if you smash the box." ”

"What about the physical traps?" asked Catherine, "are you sure?"

"Not sure. Pannis shook his head and said, "The gap is too thin to be inspected in the most detail." But it's almost certain that there are no powerful traps, and even if there are, it's just the simplest trigger trap, the kind that is pressed or pulled, and as long as you are careful, you will be fine. ”

"Then I opened it. Catherine blocked the Magic Steel Shield Tree in front of her, put on her hand armor on her bare arms, and poked half of her face out of the Magic Steel Shield, carefully priing open the hidden slit in the lid.

The quality of the box was good, and although it was made of metal, there was no rust on the hinge of the switch lid, and it was quickly opened, revealing a space about thirty centimeters in length, width and height inside.

But unfortunately, this place is also empty, but there are dozens of magic circles carved on the four walls, and judging by the importance of these magic circles, things should have been placed here before.

No, it's not empty, less than five seconds after the lid was opened, a large amount of black mist suddenly emerged from inside, the black mist dispersed in the water, and black shadows formed from the fog. (To be continued.) )